sec. 1. The tradition : liberty and sovereignty in the German old regime: Society and politics ; Constitutional and political theory -- sec. 2. The assumptions : reformers, nationalists, and radicals in the revolutionary era (1789-1830): The philosophical bases : Kant and Hegel ; The politics of reform (1806-1813) ; National liberation (1813-1815) ; Post-liberation politics : bureaucrats, constitutionalists, and radicals (1815-1830) -- sec. 3. The movement : the struggle for a liberal state (1830-1870): The rise of the liberal intellectuals (1830-1850) ; The decline of the liberal intellectuals (1850-1870) -- The rise and decline of institutional libralism (1859-1870) -- Epilogue.